![]() So I decided to take the rejection as a challenge. Of course “The Dirty Cowboy” was a tall tale! But a tall tale? Like Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox?Īnd then it seemed so obvious. Exaggerated? Embellished? Fanciful? Well, yeah - that’s the way we told stories in my family. Now here’s an embarrassing admission: I never thought of my story as a tall tale. ![]() His letter mentioned a few things he liked, and a few things he didn’t like, and then he said, “pacing is all-important in tall tales.” Tall tale? In 1999, after about eight publishers passed on “The Dirty Cowboy,” I sent the manuscript to Charlesbridge Publishing, and a few months later found a kind, personal rejection from Harold Underdown. The following is from author Amy Timberlake, explaining her journey toward publication: illustration by Arthur Rackham,(colour version) 1907 Harry and Herodotus or Tales of an Old Traveller’ by B Sidney Woolf. What’s the point of a tale which is obviously a lie? Lies should not be read as simply an intent to deceive but as a strategy designed to invite closer attention. Not so in a fictitious tale, in which he’s genuinely duped. In a fictive tale the listener knows what he’s hearing is not true. See also illywhacker.īut it’s worth making a distinction between ‘fictive’ and ‘fictitious’. ![]() Tom Collins was the pseudonym of Joseph Furphy. Someone who starts rumours is called a ‘Tom Collins’. In Australia, the celebration of the liar is a recurrent motif. The tall tale is a Eurasian form of story, and has its roots in The Canterbury Tales and similar. Tall tales have their origins in folk tales. Which parts of this story are true, and which aren’t? The line between fact and fiction is hazy, and the humour derives from pushing that boundary. The listener has to know enough of the environment in which the tale is told to realise this can’t be true. In a tall tale, the listener must both accept and refute. But hyperbole alone does not mean ‘tallness’. The main requirement of a tall tale is exaggeration: There are unbelievable creatures, huge fish, large distances, huge volumes. He might wink or show mock surprise or make an expression to convey that what he is saying is not true. In this way, a tall tale is a type of exchange. Tall tales require not a reader but a hearer. The storyteller speaks in the local vernacular (of men, particularly white men). Tall tales are not meant to be believed.īut when it comes to tall tales, it’s not about the story content but all in the story’s telling. They make fun of people who would believe everything they hear. What do they satirise? Often themselves, or the art of serious storytelling. The Australian tall tale serves to reinforce ‘mateship’ (to reaffirm the solidarity of a group). Who can get away with the greatest exaggeration? The ‘getting away with’ is as important as the exaggeration itself. The aim is to make the tales increasingly outlandish. They are competitive - who can tell the best one? Tellers participate in ‘capping’ contests in which someone tells a tall tale, and others join in to make it even better - a kind of narrative exchange. The George Lucas Talk Show - Muppets Tonight Series Watch-Through with tons of Muppet affiliated guests īonus for folks who also wanted Coppola, here’s Griff talking about what was, before The Book of Henry, his least favorite movie of all time.The tall tale seems to be a particularly masculine form. Podcast Like It’s 1999 - Muppets from Space No Excuses - Ep 94 - The Muppet Movie (1979) Screen Drafts - Jim Henson Movies with JD Amato ![]() Mousterpiece Cinema - Episode 420 - Muppet Treasure Island Podcast: The Ride - Muppet*Vision 3-D with Griffin Newman Particularly recommend the Podcast The Ride one even if you haven’t seen the show - it’s as deep a dive as you can get without spending ~12 hours watching 8 Muppet Movies at Little Nicer! So to hold you over, in case you haven’t heard them yet, here are the three other podcasts Griff has been on to discuss all things Muppet! I was surprised there were only three, so let me know if I missed one. I know a lot of Blankies out there were hoping for The Muppets to win the Patreon bracket, only to see them thrashed by the Ethan Hunt buzzsaw.
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